Tagged: Pandaw Cruises

With the beginning of their sailing season now less than 6 weeks away, the Pandaw team is working hard on final preparations as they get ready to welcome guests on the rivers of Asia for the first time in over 2 years. (more…)

“To celebrate the restart of Pandaw’s sailings on the Mekong River in October 2022, we are offering a special deal on selected Classic Mekong departures in 2022”, announces the river cruise Company. (more…)

Launching in mid-2023 the RV Song Hong, which means Red River, will join the company’s highly successful RV Angkor on its routing through North Vietnam’s Red and Black River network from Halong Bay to the mountains beyond. (more…)

“We are pleased to announce that from January 2023 we will activate a third ship, the Sabaidee Pandaw, on our ten night Laos river expedition from Vientiane to Chiang Saen” announces Pandaw Cruises. (more…)

Pandaw Cruises announces the extension of our popular USD100 deposit per person scheme for all new member bookings until 30th April 2022. This also extends the full deposit payment deadline for existing USD100 bookings until the end of April 2022. (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce that they have now secured funding to see them through to September 2022, when they anticipate restarting operations on Asian waterways. (more…)

Pandaw regrets to announce that due to the continuing Covid 19 impact on international leisure travel, the closure of its destinations in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and India, and the critical political situation in Myanmar, the company has no alternative but to cease its river cruise operations due to the lack of financial liquidity and failure to find additional funding in the wake of the Covid 19 crisis. (more…)

“Thank you for your kindness in supporting Burma at this time. We have to date raised just over USD120,000 which is just amazing and shows how concerned so many people are about what is going on in Burma and here is an update of how we are spending the money and on the general situation…” (more…)

“It is with great sadness that we must announce that we are cancelling all future cruises in Myanmar (Burma). We believe the current deplorable situation will only deteriorate further and it may be some time before any kind of normality returns and it is safe to travel.” (more…)

The situation in Myanmar has now broken down and shootings and other acts of violence by the military proliferate on the streets, not just of big cities, but every town and village in the country. (more…)

Pandaw is excited to announce a new and improved activities schedule for their expeditions, providing travellers with more choice and variety of excursions and entertainment during their trip. (more…)

Pandaw is delighted to announce the release of its new Pandaw Suite collection, with double size suites now available aboard our larger P Class ships in Vietnam, Cambodia and Burma. (more…)

For the first time, Pandaw is offering an extended itinerary sailing the entire Chindwin river from Monywa to Nagaland. This limited 14-night expedition aboard the 10-cabin Zawgyi Pandaw combines the standard 7-night Nagaland itinerary with the 7-night Chindwin expedition giving guests a unique sailing along the Chindwin River. (more…)

Two exciting itineraries are being offered initially by Naga Cruises, operating every weekend from 4th September. (more…)

Pandaw Founder, Paul Strachan continues his series of blogs on the history of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and here tells the fascinating story of the evolution of the Irrawaddy steamer that had far reaching consequences for ship design at large and river navigation across the world. (more…)

“After a somewhat chaotic start, with many a navigational challenge, we are pleased to announce that our two Pandaws on the Upper Ganges are now running well with great feedback coming in from passengers”. (more…)

“No one said going back into India would be easy. Having pioneered Ganges cruising ten years ago we had some experience of the challenges of setting up in India.” (more…)

A Pandaw river vessel has crashed into a pontoon on the River Ganges forcing the evacuation of everyone onboard. Kindat Pandaw ripped a pontoon bridge off its hinges at Patna and passengers are currently on a sandbank nearby while crew remove their luggage and safes from cabins. (cruisecritic.co.uk)

The Katha Pandaw reached Varanasi last week sailing fourteen nights up the Ganges from Kolkata covering nearly 1000 km. It was a great moment for all on board to sail past the river ghats of this the world’s oldest city. (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce the completion of the KANEE PANDAW at our Mandalay ship yard. Completed in under six months by the Pandaw in-house construction team, she has 14 staterooms, an open plan saloon area and oodles of open deck space for alfresco wining and dining. (more…)

Pandaw passengers enjoy the inaugural voyage on the “Kindat” sailing out of Kolkata and sailing up the Hooghly or Lower Ganges. (more…)



One of Pandaw’s latest adventures is a voyage into the heart of the vibrant and varied delta “the rice basket of Asia” and home of the ancient Mon race. Enjoy sailing the labyrinth of waterways with their unique habitat, flora and fauna (potentially including the famous Irrawaddy dolphin and salt water crocodiles). (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce the opening of this twice weekly sailing from September 2019 onwards on the classic RV Indochina Pandaw. (more…)

Pandaw Cruises’ latest vessel, the 28-berth Sabaidee Pandaw, has successfully completed river trials ahead of her launch on the Laos to China route across Yunnan. The double-decker vessel is designed to meet the navigational challenges of shooting rapids in the Laos gorges and sailing through shallow waters all the way to China. The company has 17 beautifully crafted ships in operation that Pandaw built itself. (bairdmaritime.com)

Due to a sell out on the Upper Irrawaddy for the season Pandaw will deploy and additional vessel for this exciting routing: the gorgeous “Kha Byoo Pandaw” with only ten very comfy cabins and its own library. (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce the construction of a new fourteen cabin K-class ship for Burma, now renamed Myanmar. These ultra-shallow twin decked K-class vessels can go where other ships cannot and are perfect for Pandaw’s style of soft adventure river expeditions. (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce that yesterday (March 7) the KINDAT PANDAW arrived in India after safely crossing over the Bay of Bengal from Burma. The KINDAT joins her sisters the KALAW and KATHA making three Pandaw ships in India now. (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce the opening of this twice weekly sailing from September 2019 onwards on the classic RV Indochina Pandaw. (more…)

With the safe arrival of the KATHA PANDAW in Kolkata last week by tug tow from Burma, Pandaw are delighted to announce a third vessel will go out to India this month – being the eighteen cabin KINDAT PANDAW, that will join her identical sister the KALAW also sailing out this month. (more…)

Pandaw reports that the Katha Pandaw, a smaller, newly refurbished ship that had been slated to sail the Upper Ganges in India starting in January, has been postponed due to issues with exporting the vessel from Myanmar. These issues are now fully resolved, the cruise line said, and the Katha will sail from Yangon next week, while plans for the full launch on the Ganges of the Orient Pandaw in September remain unchanged. (travelagentcentral.com)

Pandaw’s third Laos ship, the Sabaidee, completed her ‘river trials’ this week and is running well and all in time for the inaugural voyage in early November. (more…)

Pandaw is excited to announce the new combination cruise itineraries. Explore the rivers of Southeast Asia and India in more depth with uninterrupted back-to-back cruise expeditions on our distinctive ships. (more…)

Pandaw has announced it will ramp up its cruise offerings in India following the demand for its new Lower Ganges sailing beginning in December 2018. Pandaw’s expansion plans for India include deploying two more ships to the region, adding three new itineraries or itinerary combinations and launching a range of new pre- and post-cruise tours of the country. (travelagentcentral.com)

Pandaw has announced the launch of an India river expedition that will take guests on an epic journey along The Lower Ganges, aboard the stately, “Orient Pandaw”. (etbtravelnews.global)

A charity, founded by CEO of Pandaw River Expeditions, Paul Strachan, is funding the building of the eighth free medical clinic in Myanmar. The new Pandaw Central Clinic in Bagan will help ease the burden on the existing seven Myanmar clinics opened by the charity in the 10 years since the country was struck by Cyclone Nargis. (more…)